He´s got lots of potential and his size is an asset, but we have started to see the areas, where he he needs to develop. Sometimes he´s not strong enough in one on one situations and he looses battles in critical situations on the defensive zone. He is very active when offensive.
Player Discussion: Emil Martinsen Lilleberg
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bov
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Hasn't been very good since that big hit on Leason. Don't see him laying the body or finishing checks as much either. He has been getting exposed a bit lately, but you can tell they want him to go through it as he learns the NHL game. He'll be fine, but definitely looks like a rookie out there at times.
It's OK if your #6 is one of Lilleberg/De Haan/Fleury, anything beyond that not so much right now.
It's OK if your #6 is one of Lilleberg/De Haan/Fleury, anything beyond that not so much right now.
Performance probably decreased as Blashill started coaching him up on that wonderful box plus one system
LightningStrikes
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TBF with all the injuries lately (Serg, Fleury, Cernak) he has probably gotten a lot more ice time than he should have.
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Not ready for NHL but has potential. Good that he is getting a look at what he needs to work on in his development.
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TheDaysOf 04
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Through his first 23 NHL games he has 69 hits - Top 10 in the league among dmen during that time frame (January 6th - March 7th)
Started solidz Showed flashes of a top 4 d, and started to slow down. Needs to be more consistent and improve to solidify a spot in the top 6 d. Could be a cheap replacement for Cernak.
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Some nice games from him recently. Also hope that his presence on the Lightning has created some new Lightning fans in Norway.
He really elevated his game after he was benched for a few games. I think he may have been sent to ahl but forget.
At least you now have everyone in Emil's hometown Sarpsborg rooting for you!
In the hallways of his local Norwegian team (Sparta) Emil and Tampa is a hot topic amongst parents and people working in the club. Here everything is semi-professional and a high number of the people doing work for the club is doing it for free, so people really care about hockey and the players growing out of this club are heros All the kids are dreaming of Tampa jerseys with #78 these days The small hockey community in Norway is of course rooting for the Norwegian players. We only have 2 guys in the league now with Lilleberg in Tampa and Zuccarello in Minnesota. Zucca is at the end of his career and is (in my opinion) playing a really boring team. Without Kaprizov Minnesota is zzzzzz.
This is the second NHL player Sparta has produced. Jonas Holøs was also a D-man playing Colorado in 2010/2011 season and now works as coach in the club.
The 7pm games starts at 1am in Norway so a lot of people watch the games recorded the day after. On Saturday I think the broadcasters will see a lot of Norwegian watchers since that game starts 7pm Norwegian time.
Good luck in the end race of the season! It looked really dark a couple of months ago, but now I would be extremely surprised if you don't make it to playoffs. Thats gonna be even more fun!
After a good start his performance was dropping, but luckily after being recalled he seems to have developed a lot. I hope he's not pairing up with Dumba anymore - he's dangerous!
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